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(rlcnn Glenn Buesing Buesing Without Ehrhardt; Rams Can't Fly Would the defending Yankee Confer played a role in Rhody's misfortune. Both ence Champion Ram football team be the quarterbacks, Greg Farland and Paul Ghi- same without Ail-American quarterback, lani, registered some impressive statistics Tom Erhardt? for the Rams' passing oriented offense. it is possible that a taint of Erhardt's However, they aLso threw for some costly aura was present in the '86 edition of interceptions. Injuries to (ireg Farland Rams football, but it certainly did not and the Rams' leading receiver. Bob Don- show up in the win column. Rhody man field, as well as the offensive line slopped aged to stave off Southern Connecticut, 34 the Rams' offense from executing consis - 18 for its lone victory of the season. tently. Injuries forced head coach Bob Untimely turnovers proved to be the Griffin to call on the services of players predominant force behind the Rams' lack which had never suited up for a varsity of success. For instance, six interceptions game. in a 2 1 - 1 4 overtime loss to UConn stymied Even after Rhody's last game of the sea Rhody in its attempt for a second win. son (a 36 - 9 loss to Northeastcrnl. Ciriffin " Their final game summed up the season as hadn't lost faith in his 'X6 team. fhe good a whole. The Rams committed 9 turnovers things I could say in the past, I can't say en route to a 36 - 9 loss to Northeastern. today. Maybe the good effort and lack of Inexperience and key injuries also reward finally caught up with us." Griffin added, "Today we learned what losing is all aboul, but I don't judge the 1986 team on what I saw today."
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SPORTS 73 Glenn Buesing Youth Shine For Lady Harriers With only 7 squad members, all of Head coach Lauren Anderson, who whom were underclassmen, the WRam hoped that Ihe Amhersl meet would be a cross-country team had some outstanding tune-up for the New England Champion performances. ships, believed Rhody would finish in the Their best showing was registered in a lop 5 of the 37 - team field of the NE. adrangular meet held midway through competition. Ihc \inhcist. Mas chu Although Rhody did nol pack their run I he lop .s W k iniKTs linishcd .<< scc- ners well, they did register a respectable onds iMihiii Cl hcr lu si.undl> dcleal eighth place. Chris Healy, in 22nd position UMass. Verm nd the University of in that race, attained All-New England New Hampshi Status. Chris Healy. Rhody's lead runner all "Each member of the WRam's harriers season, led the squad with a second place is planning lo compete on the indoor track finish. Kelly Pinckney, Kim Deppen, team this season," according lo coach An Meghan Lee, and Wendy Westphal derson who believes that her runners will grouped strategically in the 7, 8. 9, and II be well prepared by their cross country positions. training. The WRams mentor added that the season had been a good experience for the freshmen concerning the quality and continuity of work necessary in collegiate level cross country.
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Inconsistency is Spikers Worst Enemy Inconsistency is the best they also were learning how to lose to Penn State, the eventual word to describe the 1986 per play as a team with new people. A-10 Conference Champions. formance of the URI women's URI freshman setter. Lisa Despite their mediocre re volleyball team. Jackowiack agreed, "We have cord, Rhody did manage to Their inability to hold onto all new people on Ihe squad. place several players among momentum, combined with un- We haven't gelled yet." Dawn the lop 10 in individual A-10 tmiely unforced errors, pro Banket, an outstanding hitter, statistics. duced a frustrating 12-24 was the only returning player Sophomore captain Rhoda record. from the '85 edition of the Slovens was among the leaders With only one junior and no WRam spikers. in digs, blocks, and kills. Sue seniors on the squad, the Finishing in a tie for third Hebert in blocking. Dawn Ban WRam spikers" inexperience place with UMass in the A-10 ket in kills, and Lisa contributed to their inconsis Conference Tournament Jackowiack in setting were also tency. Not only did the Rhody proved to be one of the bright among the A-10 leaders in squad lack experience playing spots of the season for Rhody. those categories. volleyball at the college level. The URI spikers went on to Freshman setter Lisa Jackowiack, who is from South Bend, Indiana, is like the quar terback of the young Rhody squad. She controls what hap pens on the WRams' side of the net. Jackowiack played well enough to be considered for the A-10 Freshman of the Year award. If she had won, she would have been the third consecutive URI spiker to earn the honor. The duo of Dawn Banket and captain Rhoda Stevens didn't allow Jackowiack to take all of the spotlight. As sophomores, both players bring much needed experience and leadership. Banket, last year's A-10 Freshman of the Year, and Stevens attended the 1986 East Coast tryouts for the Pre- Olympic Festival in Houston, Texas and were among the 50 women chosen nation wide to participate in the Festival's volleyball competition.
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Youth Doesn't Hinder Harriers cross country
Despite losing Greg Hale (runner-up in the lC4A's) and two other outstanding runners in Tennyson Muindi and Joe Swift to graduation, the URI cross country head coach still had an optimistic outlook on the season. The squad, which featured five fresh men and five sophomores, was led by the consistent efforts of Roger Bragg and Bobby Hoppler. The sophomore duo sparked Rhody's season by recording the second and third fastest L'RI times ever on the URI home course. The Rhody runners, whose goal was to finish in the top ten in the New Englands, came clo.se. finishing eleventh. Both Bragg and Hoppler, in 22nd and 35th positions, led URI. "Building towards future success." was head coach John Copeland's main goal for the season. The Ram harriers wanted to make things happen anyway. In a tri-meet ys held October 10. each member of the URI squad lowered his time on their home course. Copeland sees great potential for the future, depending on how much hard work his runners are willing to put in. Catherine Frum
Catherine Frum Rhody Sticklers' Goal is to Score More Goals
It was definitely a lack of offensive punch that acted as the force behind the 1986 URI Field Hockey team's 4-I3-I record. The WRam sticklers were shut out eight times and man aged to score no more than one goal in only two of their 18 games. In fact, the WRams were outscored by a total of 47- 19 for the season. URI's offensive attack was nol balanced either. Carol Gu- lija and Kathy Cole tied for the team scoring lead with six each. This accounted for Catherine Frum pair more than 60% ofthe WRams' offense. Sue Gordee, who also plays for the URI Softball team, gar ^^^SS nered 8 total points (with 3 goals and 2 assists) to help out with the scoring. SP its Ironically, Rhody opened seasn on September 9th with a 6-2 victory over Fairfield. The WRams had to savor that tri umph, because they would have to wait one month and ten games later until they would capture their second win; a 3-1 decision over Southern Con necticut College on October 9th. During that ten game drought, in which Rhody was blanked five times, iheir only r appeasement came in the form of a 0-0 tie against Lowell n University. Copping their longest win ^^K>^ ning streak of the season (2 games), Rhody beat Boston University by a 1-0 count. ^ Catherine Frum Ll. The WRams finished the season the same way they be gan; with a win; defeating Holy Cross 2-1. Although the wins came few and far between, the WRams made their wins count; posting three of their four victories at home and collecting all four wins against New England opponents.
Catherine Frum WRam Hooters Look to Improve
In only their third year as a URI varsity team shut out Southampton (1-0) and State - and sport, the WRam's soccer squad head Framingham (2 0) then nipped coach Lisa Belya was hoping that her Holy Cross (2 - 1) to finish at 8 - 8. squad could improve on last seasons 8 - 8 Interestingly enough, the Rhody hooters record. did outscore their opponents overall 30 - Ironically enough, the WRam hooters 26. That statistic is of no wonder consider - that the WRams outshot their once again posted an 8 8 record. ing oppo - It did nol look as if the Rhody squad nents 169 131. would even be able lo match last years Sue Rocchio, who was responsible for
- record when they got off lo an ominous I taking 25 % of the WRams' shots on goal. - 4 over shouldered the team's with 12 4 start. Although the team went 4 scoring lo and 5 assists. Lisa added 7 the next eight games to pull their record goals Coniglaro 5 - 8, their chances of a .500 season looked goals and 4 assists while Alliso McManus slim with only three contests remaining. contributed 4 goals and 5 assists. Showing some true character, the URI Glenn Buesing
SPORTS 83 84 SPORTS Men's Soccer Squad Sparked by End of the Season Surge "I am very satisfied. I am very proud of Beating Boston College on its own turf the way the team pulled together. We for the first time since 1974 marked anoth didn't fold. We just kept playing and we er notable achievement for the Rhody made a tremendous come back," ex Booters. plained the URI men's soccer head coach, The Rams are losing three key players; Geza Henni. Billy Harrison, John Lopes, and Mike Indeed, the Rhody hooters came back to Saalfrank, to graduation. Saalfrank, win eight of their last nine contests to fin URI's goalie, recorded an all-time URI ish their season with a more than respect record of 19 shutouts. able 12-7 record. "It will be tough to replace them," (the Perhaps their most impressive perfor seniors) Henni said, "but our nucleus for mance during that stretch came about next year is strong." when they upset previously unbeaten Bos The Ram booters began the season with ton University which was ranked 6th na a 4-1 record and a ninth place ranking tionally. "It was one ofthe biggest wins of among Division 1 New England schools. our season," commented Henni. In a 13 day span, the Rams bumped off Speaking of wins, Henni reached a mile lop 20 team Boston University and stone in his career in the form of his 1 50th Rutgers boosting the squad to a seventh victory. place ranking in New England. The pair of victories sparked the squad to win seven games in a row. When the Rhody booters beat BU. they defeated a team that would go on to the NCAA championships. According to Paul Deblasi. a junior member of the 1986 squad, since the Atlantic 10 Conference is starting a soccer league next year (1987). "it should improve our chances for an NCAA bid. With a fourth place finish among the 32 team field of the University of Connecti cut two day Metropolitan Indoor Soccer post season tournament March 28 and 29 1 1987). the Rams continued their success in the tourney. While supporting their 13 yo:ir third place ranking at UConn. the R.inis became the first team to knock host (hrii WHrdcll I ( onn out of the semi-finals of the lourney. Tennis Has Optimistic Outlook for Next Season
was with the to number and she handled it "The girls improved a lol as a team and Rugen especially pleased singles one) who as individuals this year," commented Kate performance of Cindy Ketchum. very well." explained Rugen. Rugen, the URI women's tennis coach. moved up lo the number one singles spot The outlook for next season looks bright
- a that the WRam The squad finished the season at 4 7, (from the #3 slot) lo contribute win in considering young squad the WRams final of the season vie- will be almost their entire but Rugen was very pleased. "We beat all game returning squad. over Connecticut Stale Uni- the teams we were supposed to beat," add- tory Southern ed Rugen. versily. "That's a big jump (from third wy^iPTipy SPORTS Helena Sheldon Helena Sheldon Helena Sheldon 90 SPORTS ^iu^r^^ A Total Turnaround for Ram
In Street & Smith's pre-season Conference picks, the Rhode Island mens basketball team was picked to finish 8th in the Atlantic 10 while the A- 10 coaches thought Rhody would reside in the "cellar" of the conference. But, the Rams had some ideas of their own and they were able to put those thoughts into reality. They took third in the A-10 and won 20 games overall. Their 20-9 regular season record in com parison to last year's dismal 9-19 represented the second best turnaround by any team in the country. James Madison College took top honors in that category by bouncing back from 5-23 last season to this year's 20-9 record. In the process of attaining the 20-win plateau, the Rams made il a season of firsts. For starters, URI won 20 games for the first time in six seasons. Sweeping four A-10 teams (St. Bonaventure, West Virginia, Penn State, and Rutgers) was an other first for first year URI coach Fenders' squad. Winning at West Virginia and St. Bonaventure, marked another first-ever for URI. Rhode Island is also the first team in the 1 1 year history of the Atlantic 10/Eastern 8 Conferences to win two individual post season conference awards and place two other players on the All- league squad. Tom Fenders captured the co-coach of the year honor (sharing the award with Temple's John Chancy). Carlton Owens is a first-team A- 1 0 guard while baekcourt mate, Tom Garrick captured a spot on the second team. The awards that the URI guards received seem to support the idea that they may be one of the finest guard tandems in the country. The junior co- captains were responsible for two-thirds of URI's offense. Considering that URI led the A-10 in scoring at an 80.34 points per game clip makes Owens' and Garrick's contribution even more significant. The statistics show their significance. Here they are. Garrick led his team in four statistical categories including free throw percentage (83 percent), as sists (128... and that's a school record folks), and minutes (992). Owens is the team's top three-point shooter (47 percent) and is second to Garrick in free throw percentage (79 percent), assists (93). and minutes 997. Both players were among the top ten in the A-10 in scoring. Owens has 1332 career points and is 25th on the all-time Ram scoring list as well.
Not all of URI's success this season can be at tributed to their baekcourt. Freshman Kenny Green adds credibility to the Rams' frontcourt by leading the team in rebounding and blocks while contributing 11.7 p.p.g. (third on the team). A is the more important statistic for Green, however, fact that he led the A-10 in rebounding, which certainly did not hurt his chances of winning the A- 10 Freshman of the Year award. 92 SPORTS Hoopsters
Sophomore John Evans' contributions, a 10. 1 scoring average with six rebounds a game, bal anced out the frontcourt for URI. The shotblock- ing of Bonzie Colson and the long-range bombing of Rick Blevins from three point land added vital elements that allowed Rhody to achieve so many firsts in one sea.son. Since the turnaround (from losing to winning) has been made, URI can rest on its laurels for a little while before thinking about going back for seconds next season.
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Jim Fraser The word "turnaround" besl explains clock gave Rhody its first and only tri the womens' basketball season. Except umph 59-58 over UMass. Back court part that it was a turnaround from experience ner Nancy Hudson, who led Rhody in to inexperience. Losing three key seniors three-point shooting for the season, netted to graduation. Coach Annette Lynch said three of five in the UMass contest en route before the .start of the season that she was, to 23 points. "looking to have a more balanced team." Hudson became one of the few bright With the loss of Ail-American Michelle spots in the cagers' frustrating season. Washington and her scoring punch (21.5 Leading her squad in scoring, she was the ppg), Ellen Quantemeyer's strong re only Rhody player among the A-10 Con bounding, and the experience and sharp ference leaders in scoring, holding 15th passing of point guard Tracy Hathaway, il place averaging 12.7 ppg. was apparent that Rhody would have a Since the WRams would not gain an void to fill. other victory all season, when freshman But could the WRams fill that void? A Diane Boshart became the only WRam to 77-50 season opening loss to Maine was receive A-10 Rookie of the Week honors, not encouraging. After that contest. it proved to be a second gem in URI's Lynch said, "we basically don't have a lot season. The five foot 1 1 inch forward of experience." Indeed, of the eleven play scored 27 points, pulled down 15 re ers on the Rhody squad, there were six bounds, and got away with five steals in freshmen, two sophomores, three juniors, two contests exhibiting potential for the and not one senior. 1987-88 season. Gaining experience proved to be painful If there is one thing to be optimistic in the win/loss column for the WRams about for next season, it is the fact that who dropped their next 17 contests. most of Lynch 's squad will be back this Junior guard Nancy Spear's clutch time with more experience. i ^^ drive to the hoop with one tick left on the SPORTS 97
Gymnasts Top Off Season by Reaching Regionals Although the climax to the the vault event, sophomore A-10. WRams gymnastics squad's Mary Shevlin lied the URI Although the lady gymnasts season seemed to be when they vault record with a 9.2 against posted a 9-6 record, il could qualified for and finished Pittsburgh, January 18. have easily been 11-4 if it fourth in the NCAA North Sophomore Cheri Pederson weren't for a .30 loss lo New east Regional Championships, took fourth on the uneven par Hampshire and a dropped de Rhody's season was sparked by allel bars with a mark of 9.05 cision by .50 to Pittsburgh. several notable team and indi for Rhody's highest individual Senior co-captain Donna vidual achievements. finish in the A-10 Ferra capped off her collegiate First, they set a new school championships. career by earning All-Regional record of 175.84 (surpassing Senior co-captain Debbie status with a 9.0 on the uneven the old record of 175.12) for Skene topped off her career at parallel bars in the NCAA ihe average of their top five URI by taking sixth in the Northeast Regionals. team scores (2 home, 2 away, overall scoring and tying for Overall, head gymnastics and I home or away). fifth on the bars in the A-10 coach Connery credited his Suzie Schaeffer's school re championships. squad as a whole with its suc cord of 9.5 on the balance Finishing third in the A-10 cess. "We had a team effort. beam boosted her team to set a championships held in Keaney My team reached its potential new school record of 44.45 on Gymnasium March 28 was ac and went beyond," he asserted. the beam over the previous tually a first for the WRams mark of 44.05. who had finished fourth for Two-time All-Conference in four consecutive seasons in the
Rhody Swimmers Sparkle URI's senior swimmers led the way for a third in the 200 breaststroke as well. Rhody lo finish its season al 5-5 and take Taking second in the 200 backstroke, seventh place among the 13-team field of Kaleri McLaughlin broke the school re the New England Championships. cord with a 2:14.94 effort. Senior Michelle Mulligan captured Head swimming coach Michael Wesl three events in her squad's final regular kolt said, about two weeks before the N.E. season meet against Springfield and in the competition, "Karen Derr and Kaleri N.E.s, added a fourth place in the 100 McLaughlin are both beginning to under freestyle and a fifih in the 200 freestyle. stand that they can swim fast enough to be Mulligan, who has competed in the competitive with the best swimmers in N.E.'s in each year of her collegiate swim New England," and Weskott's assumption ming career, was on both Rhody's fifth came true. place 200 freestyle relay and eighth place Other WRam senior swimmers who 400 medley relay team in the New contributed consistently throughout the Englands. season include Sheila Quintiliani, Cara The 400 medley team set a URI record Vignone, Peggy McGuire, and Jancen of which Karen Derr was a part. Derr McTaggert. added a fourth in the 100 breaststroke and
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Swim team captains Roger Schenone ing competition, and Hemenway picked up and Tad Hallworth and Coach Michael a sixth place finish. Schenone finished Westkott were proud of the Rams 7-3 re third in the 200 backstroke and Hallworth cord this season; a team which saw a num also finished third in the 200 butterfiy ber of individual records set and broken. events. Hallworth set a pool record in Vermont Rhode Island will be losing a number of with a 1:55.86 in the 200 butterfiy event. players to graduation this season, includ And divers Todd Hemmenway and David ing Schenone. Chris Doyle, Bob Taiman, Dean were considered in the 10 best in Tom Weissmuller, Tom Buchanan, and New England, with Dean setting a school Scott Stallwood. But with returning swim record 2:03.86 on the three meter board. mers like Tom Smith, Brad Martin, and Although Rhody placed last in the At Matt Gilson, next year's team may be lantic 10 Championships, a number of brighter than what Coach Westkott and swimmers placed well in their categories. the university community had hoped for Dean placed fourth in the three meter div this year.
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Although, the mens' ski team had a schools in the country."" Boston College, rather small representation at the region which took top honors in the competition als. the squad brought new meaning to the is in that classification along with runner- saying, "It's quality, not quantity that up Syracuse and third place Plymouth counts." State. Another factor that made the Finishing second in the giant slalom. course in Waterville Valley, New Hamp Todd Riechelm is making it a season of shire, a good opportunity for experience seconds as he also finished second in the was that it is the site where the world cup overall standings and qualified for the Na ski championships are held. tionals for the second year in a row. Ironi As she has all year, Linda Sturde led the cally, Riechelm finished second in the Na Rhody squad, this time with a 28th place tionals last year as well. in the giant slalom, Melissinos summed up Riechelm's accomplishments, which in her season saying, "All in all, she was our " clude winning every regular season race he besl finisher With Jennifer Griffin and finished, shouldn't surprise anyone since Kristie Van Beever crossing the finish in he is a former U.S. Ski Team member. 34lh and 48th places respectively among .'Mthough Ihe URI womens' ski team, the field of 75 skiers, Rhody took 12th which qualified to compete in the Region place among 13 teams. Griffin. Van als for the first time ever, did not fare well Beever and Heidi Forbes all finished in the (finishing among the last three teams in slalom, but without Slurde's high finish, the thirteen team field), head coach Cos- Rhody could nol improve their overall las Melissinos fell that, "the length of the posilion. course was a big surprise, but a very very According lo junior team member. good experience." Kristie Van Beever. "We're doing much The course was approximately one and better. Il has a lol to do with our training a half minutes long, almost twice as long week at Magic Mountain in Vermont over " as the usual 50 second courses which the Christmas vacation. Analyzing video WRam skiers had raced on during the reg tapes of their practices helped them work ular season. Melissinos explained, "the on and improve their performances. course was long, difficult, and fast." How ll was apparent by Rhody's qualifying ever, he also added that he was pleased for the Regionals that the strategy worked. that his squad, "raced against the best
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Dare Russell Although the URI Lacrosse Team lost its opener lo Boston College, they quickly bounced back lo defeat Southern Con necticut and continue on their way to an exciting season. In those early contests, Rhody's play was inconsistent. And it was the tireless izoal keeping of Jay Devine which kept I Kl in the games and within reach of Victory. Senior co-captain Tom Nelson :ind junior co-captain Tim Davis led the ollensive punch, with Nelson scoring time- h goals and Davis providing the assists. Defense was led by senior John Mont gomery, with help from Devine in goal, in a superior effort against Northeastern, in a fourth quarter surge which nearly gave URI an upset victory. P.T. Navarro, Doug Hawkins, Pete McConnell. Ross Kauffman, Rich Baker, and Rick Slack, provided the offensive punch, and Coach Dirck Reichard hopes next season that those close contests will be victories for the URI squad.
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SPORTS lis Lamond and Hagberg Lead the Way With Powerful Offensive Baseball Rams Improving in A-10 With the loss of Tony Hill to the Red Sox organization and Joe Ward lo the Blue Jays. Coach John Norris and the rest of the Ram baseball squad was forced to rely on determination and guts to counter the inexperience ihe team possessed. First baseman and captain Gary Lamond. and senior pitcher John Damiano were looked lo as the team leaders, bringing a number of important victories to the baseball season. Although an early season southern swing of six games proved win- less, the team relumed lo play Providence in the familiar cross-town rivalry. In possibly the most rewarding victory of the year, the Rams stifled the Friars to just three hits and three runs behind Ihe platoon pitching of Stephen Murphy, Patrick O'Donnell, Brian Rurak. and Kevin Olaynack. Offensively. Brian Hagberg and Gary Lamond each homered and collectively marked five hits, embarrasing the Friar pitch ers, and helping lo close the door in the 14 hit Ram attack. But all was nol well, and as the season wore on, inexperience began to show. Againsl Connecticut, the Rams fell behind seven runs after just two innings, and then began their battle back. In the fourth, Hagberg, Dave LaVallec, Kevin Shea, and Bob Goonan cut the lead lo three runs. And then in the eighth, after Connecticut had added two more, Dave Bell added a homerun lo cut the lead to 9-7. All that was left was the ninth, and Rhody came close just one run scored, and Goonan and Joe Gallagher were stranded on base. A one run loss. But the impressive home record the Rams were able to build, and the confidence and improvement of many future prospects (such as Hag- burg. Steve Claypoole, Steve McCumiskey, James Morisseau, John Brodeur, and Robert Traverse) seems to indicate that the coming seasons may be brighter than had been expected. SPORTS 117 all photos by Dare Russell
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Pitching and a No-hitter, Not Hitting, Highlight WRams Softball
The WRams Softball season was not the And then there was the effort of Chrissy best in recent memory, with the team bat Ashburn, who singlehandedly notched a ting average at possibly its lowest point, so WRam victory by hurling a 1-0 shutout the team, behind Coach Susanne Tougas, and driving in the game's lone run. was forced to rely on pitching. But pitching just wasn't enough. At the And what pitching it was. Freshman Penn State Invitational Tournament, URI Kathy Tewey threw a no-hitter, one batter scored jusl one run in two games, being short of a perfect game, against Central blanked by C.W. Post and notching jusl Connecticut for a 1-0 win; the lone score one run againsl Bloomberg. by Val Gorman in the bottom of the sev But with players like Kim Menkavitch, enth came across following Cindy Mont Casey Turano, Deb Dellolio, and Rubina gomery's single. Earlier in the season, Carver, many of whom will be returning Tewey had the WRams first victory while next season, the WRams hitting inexperi driving in two runs as well. ence will only improve. The WRams were led at the plate by Sue Gordee who boasted a .300 or better average for much of the season.
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When the second semester track and cept for outstanding performances by the field .season began, there were a lot of quartermen at the Terrier Classic in questions to be answered as the Ocean Boston. State Championships began in January. Once the outdoor season began, URI And as the sea.son wore on, the team continued in winning style. In the first showed it was up to the challenge. meet against Navy and LaSalle, Pratt won Early in the season at Dartmouth, Ran both the 200 and 100 meter sprints. Palaz dy Warren pulled a third place finish in zo, Krawczyk, and John Walker dominat the 400 in 50.5 seconds. Roger Bragg. Bob ed the hammer event taking all three lop Hoppler. and Jim Garsler all scored per spots, and the 4x100 relay team placed a sonal bests in the 1500 just a few seconds close second. And in the Yankee Confer shy of the 4:00 minute barrier. In the ence Championships, Tri-captain Wayne weight events, Tom Krawczyk came in Grover won the 100 and 400-meter hur second in the 351b throw, and Robert Pa dles pacing the Rams to a fourth place lazzo finished eighth. The highlight of the finish. meet was Doug Read's victory in the 800 Grover continued winning a week later meter run. at the Boston College Relays in the inter And then al Brown, the team won four mediate hurdle competition. The relay events in the prestigious meet. Tri-captain team of Pratt, Warren, Brian Cannon, and Eric Steeves took top honors in the 55- Joe DeAntonis look the win with a time of meter hurdles, Gary Silverman outdis 3:22.4. and Steeves won the 110-meter tanced the field with a 47'9 3/4" toss in high hurdles. the shotput, and paced by Read. Jim Pratt At Rhody's second and last home meet, and Randy Warren, the sprint and 4x400 the runners carried the team, sending op relay teams picked up victories. The team ponents New Hampshire and Holy Cross victories were the best of the season, ex reeling, topping off a great season.
U NIV. Of RHODE IStii SPORTS 121 A Combination of Seniors and Freshmen Pace Team WRams Track In the Spotlight It was a team effort all season, as Coach Lauren Anderson's squad effectively com bined the talents of freshmen like Elisa Warren. Kathy Costello. and Meghan Lee with the experience of Lynn Lanzel and her record book attack to lead the track team to victory. At the ECAC Championships. Lanzel and senior Linda Ferrara propelled the team to a 15th place finish in the 41 team field. Fighting the rain at the Boston Col lege Relays, Deanna Germano, Doreen Leedberg, and Kim Deppen all turned in personal best performances. And at the Smith Invitational, Warren won the 400- meter hurdle event, Lee won the 1500- meter, and Kelly Morin, with Germano, took second place finishes in the 800 and 5000-meter runs, respectively. All in all. the team seems lo have a lot to work with for next year, and this year's successes will not soon be forgotten. SPORTS 123 tuy^-
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